The unimodular Spencer conjecture for complex vectors

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Let n≥1n\geq 1 be an integer, and let a1,…,an∈Cna_1,\ldots,a_n\in\mathbb{C}^n satisfy

∥ai∥∞≤1(i=1,…,n).\|a_i\|_{\infty}\leq 1\qquad (i=1,\ldots,n).

A complex number of modulus 11 is unimodular, and a vector in Cn\mathbb{C}^n is a unimodular vector if all of its coordinates are unimodular. The unimodular Spencer conjecture. There exists a unimodular vector x∈Cnx\in\mathbb{C}^n such that

∣⟨x,ai⟩∣≤n(i=1,…,n).|\langle x,a_i\rangle|\leq\sqrt{n}\qquad (i=1,\ldots,n).

This is the proposed complex analogue of Spencer's six standard deviations theorem. The source introduces it as the main conjecture, but the supplied text gives no resolution status.

References

Primary source

Tomasz Kobos and Marin Varivoda, “A Complex Analogue of Spencer's Six Standard Deviations Theorem and the Complex Banach-Mazur Distance”, arXiv:2602.12868 (2026).

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